Need help connecting to remote desktop in Windows?

Question

I'm trying to connect to my home computer (w7pro) using the remote desktop client. I think I've set it up correctly ( http://img832.imageshack.us/i/rdcfail.png/ = pics of my settings on host). But when I try to connect with my client (w7starter; http://img203.imageshack.us/i/rdcfail2.png/ = client connection settings), I get an error message ( http://img189.imageshack.us/i/rdcfail3.png/ ). I've never done RDC before so I'm not sure where I went wrong. No, I'm not using my 192.168.x.x IP to connect.

Also using a linksys router WRT54G2.
Host is running Rising Antivirus free version.
Client is running Panda Cloud free version.

Any other info needed let me know.

Answer 1

Not sure if Windows 7 starter supports RDP/RDC, but I'm going to assume it does.



You have to have your ports forwarded on your router.

e.g. if computer with RDP setup up has an IP of 192.168.1.100. You would set your router to forward all incoming connections on port 3389 to IP 192.168.1.100.



If you haven't already, open port 3389 in your firewall. If you have one.



For security reasons. You should remove "everyone" from the Remote Desktop Users and add only the specific accounts that will be using it with. It should work after that. Keep in mind that if your ISP issues dynamic address. You will need to adjust your connection settings to reflect it. Also if the machine that you are connecting to gets a different IP assigned to it from your router. You would have to change your router configs to reflect that as well.



Did you add the correct user to the list of RDC users? Even though it says incorrect password. It could also mean that the user account isn't setup for RDC or isn't correct at all or a combination of both.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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